Deals & M&A
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Cleared by European Commission With Conditions
The approval comes as the deal was paused by a lawsuit from 12 state AGs in the U.S.
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FCC Chair Not Worried About Potential Legal Challenge to National Broadcast Ownership Cap Repeal
Brendan Carr also says ABC’s decision to limit coverage of President Trump’s primetime address could come up in its broadcast license review
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WGA Files for Preliminary Injunction on Paramount-WBD Merger: ‘Eliminating Head-to-Head Competition’
“Writers, the people who transform blank pages into unforgettable stories, will be some of the first to bear the harms of that loss of competition,” the Writers Guild of America says
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Ticking Fee: Everything You Need to Know About the M&A Time Bomb
The ticking fee is an unusual element that applies immense timing pressure on the $110 billion merger’s closing
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The Paramount-Warner Merger Pause Is the Deliberation We Skipped | Guest Column
Fourteen days is not much time, but it is necessarily the first genuine pause this transaction has received
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Rob Bonta Says Judge’s TRO Undercuts ‘Anti-Trump’ Claims Against Paramount Lawsuit
“Ideological difference, political grievance, political posturing gets thrown out of court,” the California attorney general says
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Timeline: What’s Next After That Restraining Order?
A preliminary injunction hearing is set for Aug. 3
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is on Pause. Here’s What Happens Next
Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín has set a preliminary injunction hearing for Aug. 3
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Paramount’s Makan Delrahim Slams State AG Lawsuit: ‘Weaponization of Antitrust Law’
The media giant’s chief legal officer also reveals a list of possible concessions has already been sent to California’s Rob Bonta
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Netflix Paid $587 Million in Cash for Ben Affleck’s AI Startup InterPositive
The figure was disclosed in a regulatory filing by the streamer on Friday
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Judge Will Rule on Temporary Restraining Order by Wednesday
State AGs argued the $110 billion deal would give the combined company more leverage over movie theaters and cable distributors, increase consumer prices and reduce content output
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Democrat Lawmakers Urge DOJ to ‘Closely Scrutinize’ Fox’s $22 Billion Roku Acquisition
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Becca Balint also asked the agency to commit to a review that is “free from political interference and in an impartial fashion”
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Netflix Stock Extends Losses Another 8% on Weak Forecast, Shift to Fewer Engagement Updates
Despite posting second-quarter results in-line with Wall Street expectations, it was not enough to quell investors’ concerns about the company’s future growth
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Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction in Paramount-Warner Bros. Consumer Lawsuit
Araceli Martínez-Olguín determined that plaintiffs failed to show irreparable harm or that their case would have a likelihood of success
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Paramount Calls the States’ Antitrust Case Against Warner Bros. Merger ‘One of the Weakest’ in Modern History
The David Ellison-led company says states’ challenge ignores the competitive media landscape and should not block the $110 billion WBD deal
